I have these blinds hanging since early August 2011, on the balcony. Since then I have unpacked the package, I have wood dust everywhere on the balcony and thus also in the apartment. Even repeated cleaning of the balcony did not help. The partial fault now already in front of him ... The "privacy" is, in my feeling, also insufficient.
The next bamboo blinds, I will revert to the from the hardware store!